The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-03
FANIAN REUNION
In Now York City-The "Irish Revolution
to be Celebrated.

to be Celebrated.
New YoHK, March 2.-For the first
time since tho ntorny days Of the Fenian
Rebellion in Ireland, twenty years ago.
the men ara to come together who were
Among tho leaders OF that day and who
have survived not alone long terms Of i'm
prisonmcnt, but the trying periods Of trial
and OF suffering in the world that have
since interviewed. ID. Il
The reunion will take the form OF c din
Go., and those y ho will sit down have
given Themselves the titla OF "Ve!eraus
Of the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood"
The celebration will take place Oh tho
twentieth anniversary OF the attempted
iuSurrsctfon, which occurred on March 5,
1867, and resulted in C great shock to Eng
lish authority. in Ireland for although the
rising wss queIled by tho hanging OF
ecores and the imprisonment OF thousandB
| it vas found that Of the 10000 Irishmen
in the English army, almost third Of the
entire force st the Queens command,
more than three-ffsbB Of them werc aworn
members Of tho Fenian Brotherhood,
ready, in tho words of the statute. "'.to
levy va. against the Queen" II they only
had good opportunity. s. s.
There are more than 800 Of these sur
vivora in this city alone, many OF them
iholdipg prominent positions and many
more eking ont thsir last days in poverty
and suffering. To be . political conspira.
tor and especially All Irish political con-
spirator, ut least e. politician Of some form
or other during the remainder Of ones
| lie. And SO it is that all OF these Feniana
have allied Themselves in this country
with various Irish organizations; some are
Home Rulers, aome Land Lsaguers, some
Ancient Order OF Hibernians, some Clan
na>Gaels, GONE honorable warfare" men
that is 10 say men who want to fight
England ia the open feld-aud others dy-
nsmiterH. a+,l;'1
| Any who ever sTerved from what ia
known rs "the straight ticket" meaning
that Ireland should be freed by force, by
Joining any peaceful organization, are
distrusted and ars said 10 have "brokeu
their OATH" This Was one Of the strong
eat arguments against Davitt, whom the
extremists could never forgive for start
ing ths Land League, an organisation
which. they nay, has not alone diverted
political contributions from their treaa.
ury, but has demoralizsd National senti.
ment in Ireland. The result, therefore, is
that tho men who will como together at
the dinner ut Military Hall Saturday
evening, many OF them opposed for years,
will agree to shake hands over past differ.
ences and DO all good friends again. + i.
Captain Edward O'Meagher Condor, Rt
present on the editorial staff Of the lrish
World, will be one Of the leading men at
tho rounion.:, Condor wss sentenced to
death in Manchester, England, in 1867,
but tho sentence was. subsequently, COM
muted to penal sevitudo for life. He was
the man who first used the phrase "God
Save Ireland, upon which T. D. Sullivan,
the present Lord Mayor Of Dublin, indi-
ted q ballad that has since become the
National Anthem Of Ireland. Arthur NJ.
Forester, another editorial writer on Mr..
Ford's paper, was in Mountjoy Prison,
Dublin, for year and hall, not, how
ever before he shot Detective Sergeant
Carey, who arrested him. ~
Col. J, J. Kerrfgan, who is gstd to have
been connected with every South and
Central American revolution In the Last
twenty years, commanded the Jacknel,
which set sail from this city in 1867 with
q cargo Of arms for Ireland. O'Douoyan
Rossa is down to respond to "The Irish
Republican Brotherhood Press" P. J.
Hayburne, the Secretary OF the New York
Barbers' Association, when in kilmain-
ham Jail, Dublin, was obliged to shave the
other prisoners. He agreed TO shave the
Irish political prisoners, but drew the line
at pickpocSets and thieves, for which ho
was punished. Gen. Thomas F. Burke,
Augustine E, Costello, Thomas +. Master.
son snd James ]. Gahan will be. among
the other speakers. Garrett O'Shaughnes.
Eey will preside. 5 s23f.'a72l;{